Intermediate - Dubai (C1180)

A 老公,你看,帆船酒店!
lǎogōng, nǐ kàn, fānchuán jiǔdiàn!
Look, darling, a sailboat hotel!
B 哇,漂亮,迪拜太了不起了!
wā, piàoliang, Díbài tài liǎobuqǐ le!
Wow, it's so beautiful. Dubai is amazing!
A 海湾也好美!
hǎiwān yě hǎo měi!
And the bay is so pretty!
B 是啊,有石油真好。你看看他们,过得多奢侈!
shì a, yǒu shíyóu zhēn hǎo. nǐ kàn kan tāmen, guò de duō shēchǐ!
Yeah. Oil is great, that's for sure. Look at them. They live so extravagantly.
A 可是我觉得太高级、太现代了。没有什么传统的阿拉伯文化。
kěshì wǒ juéde tài gāojí, tài xiàndài le. méiyǒu shénme chuántǒng de A1lābó wénhuà.
But I think it's too high-class, too modernized. It doesn't really have any traditional Arabian culture.
B 怎么没有?你看,本地女人穿得多传统!还有,到处都是清真寺,比便利店还多。
zěnme méiyǒu? nǐ kàn, běndì nǚrén chuān de duō chuántǒng! háiyǒu, dàochù dōu shì qīngzhēnsì, bǐ biànlìdiàn huái duō.
What are you talking about! The local ladies dress in a very traditional way! Plus, there are mosques all over the place. There are more of them than there are convenience stores!
A 好了好了,我们别争了。
hǎo le hǎo le, wǒmen bié zhēng le.
Fine, fine, let's not argue anymore.
B 你不是要去免税店吗?
nǐ bù shì yào qù miǎnshuì diàn ma?
Didn't you say you wanted to go to the duty-free?
A 对哦。
duì ō.
Yes...
B 听说这儿的免税店还卖汽车。
tīngshuō zhèr de miǎnshuì diàn hái mài qìchē.
I've heard that the duty-free shops here even sell cars!
A 别想了,我们可买不起。
bié xiǎng le, wǒmen kě mǎibuqǐ.
Don't even think about it. There's no way we could afford it.

Key Vocabulary

帆船 fānchuán sailboat
酒店 jiǔdiàn hotel
迪拜 Díbài Dubai
了不起 liǎobuqǐ incredible
海湾 hǎiwān bay
石油 shíyóu petroleum
奢侈 shēchǐ luxurious, extravagant
高级 gāojí high level
现代 xiàndài modern
传统 chuántǒng tradition, traditional
阿拉伯 A1lābó Arabic
文化 wénhuà culture
本地 běndì local
清真寺 qīngzhēnsì mosque
便利店 biànlìdiàn convenience store
免税 miǎnshuì duty-free
买不起 mǎibuqǐ to be unable to afford

Supplementary Vocabulary

阿联酋 A1liánqiú United Arab Emirates
豪华 háohuá luxurious
穆斯林 Mùsīlín Muslim
阿拉伯语 A1lābóyǔ Arabic
少林寺 Shàolínsì Shaolin Temple (in China)
寺庙 sìmiào temple
本地人 běndìrén local people
免费 miǎnfèi free of charge
台湾 Táiwān Taiwan